The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-16

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matter. And white statutes a lookin
serenely down or up into the blue heav
ems, as the case might be, but eithel
way a seemin' lost in vision of raped
beauty. And the musical murmer O.
the fountains tellin' somethin' about
their own ideas of beauty and glory in
their own liquid language, well beknown
to them, but not translated yet into
ourn. And anon, or oftener, right out
of the green velvet of the turf would be
big, cool ponds of water, bound in white
marble, with thousands of gold fish a
dartin' in and out every way.
And all along the streets wuz houses.
big and noble and grand looking, and
little and clean and cozy looking, all
minglin' together and seemingly en-
joying themselves first rate. And big
churches occasionally, if not oftener.
the characters of the perfessers, as far
as l know.
And then we went by some big tar
vens. Yes, Mr.. Riggs and Mr.. Willard
keeps frst-rate tarvens, so l wuz told
and so doz Mr.. Arlington, too. But
they don't do it all themselves, they
keep help. Why, good land, Miss
Willard and Miss Riggs and Miss Ar
lington couldn't begin to wash the dish
es, to say nothin' of wipin'. They
keep hired girl, all on 'em, and may
be more then one.
And all along this beautiful and en-
chantin' highway, good deal oftener
than once, would be massive and i'm
pressive marble buildins. Why, never
see anything so impressive, and Josiah
never did. They lowered up and spread
out as majesty that made 'em fit for
the name they bore, public buildins.-
The public deserves it all. / like the
public first rate, and so does Josiah
The public is good old creeter good
deal of the time. And way up over
our heads, wherever we waz, we could
see the shinin' tall spire of Gen. George
Washington's monument, seemin' to
point up towards the heavens, all the
time drawin' the minds of law makers
up where they out to be. But though
Georges head is way up in the clouds,
mists and mud are present with his feet.
And that is the way with most on 'em
spose, lofty, towerin' ambitions, and
mere grovelin' ones, all in one monu-
ment.
Wall, anon, we see the walls of the
Capitol, like poem in white marble,
a risin' out of a billowy sea of green ;
waves on waves of beautiful green OF
every tint, and blossoms, white, pink
and cream color.
We got out of the car nigh to the
buildin' and walked afoot up through
the broad paths, a leadin' under that
verdant shade. Great masses of flowers
wuz sot down in the green velvet turf a
borderin' the paths. Statutes looked
out at us through the green boughs
birds sung to us-the posys nodded theil
perfumed heads at us
And high up-up-over our heads,
right out of that fairyland of beauty,
riz the white walls of that most perfect
and beautiful buildin' in the world.
And as went up one of the broad
flights of marble steps, as wide and
high as from our house clear up the hill
to Mr.. Sewedy's, if not further, 1 nudg.
ed Josiah and seys:
Josiah, I don't believe ever had
such feelin's towards George as I heve
to-day
George who ? seys he.
THAT George says 1, turnin' round
and pointin' to where he sot on his
monument, calm and noble, though
considerable thin dressed. He who
wuz first in war, first in peace and in
the hearts of his countrymen.'
didn't say much more a goin' up
the steps; not that I wuz put to it for
emotions, not at all, but my breath
had gin out long before I got half way
up.
But at last the steep assent wuz climb.
ed, and we stood in the lofty marble
halls where justice and other things are
administered to us. My feelin's was
powerful, but controlled 'em with al
most marble frmness, for I felt that l
mustn't give way before 9 O'Clock in
the mornin', when so much wuz ahead
of me. And anon, after roaming
through lofty and majestical corridors
as far, 1 should judge, as from our
house to Janesville, stood in the ro-
tunda, that wonderful room, alookin
up in deep amuze and dumbfounder,
up, up past the statutes and pictures,
and alto and other reliefs, up, up into
the high heavens of light that shine
down through the many colors, I wuz
fairly lost in contemplating the loftiness
and grandeur, and 1 don't care who
knows it. And before I wuz found my
companion had discovered sunthin'
very mysterious. 1t was a kind of q
whisperin' block. You stood on Ger.
tain piece of marble floor, and a man
way out in front of you will speak tc
you, and the voice will seem to come
from right behind you, clost to you.-
They said it was caused by some accus
tik property.
And l said I didn't know anything
about the gentleman nor how much
property he owned. But says /, IF he
wants to sell any of this property and
don't ask too much | would be glad to
buy little, it would be so handy fol
pardners to have sometimes when they
were far off from their companions anc
want to whisper in still small voice ir
their ear and speak to 'em sudden some
times, unbeknown to en-
Josiah looked kinder angry, he didn'
fall in with my idea of purchasing any
of Mr.. Acoustics property. And the
man didn't make much of any answer
Ispose they want to keep all their luxurie
and necessities right there in the Capi'
tol, and l spose the wives of public
men need 'em as much if not more
than 1 do, and Josiah looked yer!
oneesy, so l didn't say no more, and
after feasting our eyes agin on the pic
lures and alto and other reliefs that WI
ornamenting the walls on every side
we almost tore ourselves away and wan
dered out in the other rooms. W.
went into rooms full and a running